Watch-hand remover.



No. 788,031. PATENTED APR. 25, 1905. A. ELLIS.

WATCH HAND RBMOVER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2,1905.

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U N1TED STATES Patented April 25, 1905.

PATENT EEIcE WATCH-HAND REMOVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,031, dated April25, 1905. Application filed February 2,1905. $erial No. 243,895;

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Be it known that I, A'UuUs'rIN Ennis, a citizen of the United States,residing at Redford, in the county of Lawrence and State of lndiana,have invented a new and useful \Vatchlland Remover, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to implements employed for detaching smallobjects from their holdingbodies, such as watch-hands and the like fromthe staffs, and has for its object to produce a simply-constructed andpowerful device of this class which may be operated without injury tothe article detached or the body from which it is removed.

\Vith these and other objects in view, which will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood. the same consists in certainnovel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the inventioncapable of carrying the same into practical operation, it beingunderstood that the inven tion is not necessarily limited thereto, asvarious changes in the shape, proportions, and generalassemblage of theparts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of theinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

in the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a sectional front elevation,and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, of the improved implement. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the socket end of the implement inverted.

The improved implement comprises a tubular socket 11), having atransverse recess 11 in one end and an annular collar 12, connectedintermediately thereof, with apertures 13 1a through the tubular memberregistering with cavities f 16 in the collar. Movably disposed in thetubular member is a plunger 17, having a laterally-extending foot 18projecting through the recess 11 and with asocket 19 longitudinallydisposed within the foot portion, the sides of the socket beingundercut, as at 20 21, and with the undercut portions converging towardone end of the socket, as represented in Fig. 3. By this simplearrangement it will be obvious that the socket end of the plunger may bepassed over the object to be (.letached-such, for instance, as the handsof a watch with the undercut edges beneath the hub portions of the sameand with the portion of the tubular member boaring upon the body of theholding member or a stationary body contiguous tliereto such, forinstance, as the dial-face. Then if the plunger be forcibly movedlongitudinally of the tubular member the object engaged by the socketwill be detached from the holdingbody.

The plunger is provided with a spring 22, operating to maintain the sameyieldably in projected position, and the plunger is likewise providedwith a channel 23 at its inner end and opposite the apertures 13 11 inthe stock and the recesses 16 in the collar 12.

.livotcd at 21 25 within the recesses 15 16 are bent levers 2(5 27,projecting at their inner ends into the channel 23. Slidably disposed inthe free end of the tubular stock 10 is a rod 28, having a collar 29 atits outer end, to which links 30 31 are pivoted at their outer ends,with the other ends pivoted to the free ends of the levers 26 27, as at32 33. The rod 28 is surmounted by a knob 3a to assist in operating thedevice. By this arrangement it will be obvious that if the socket 19 beplaced over the object to be detached and with the undercut sides 20 21beneath a projecting portion of the same and the lower or recessed endof the socket bearing upon a stationary body a powerful leverage may beeasily exerted upon the plunger by applying pressure to theoperating-knob 3a and the guide member 28, and thereby actuating thelinks 30 31 and levers 26 27.

The parts will preferably be of steel of sufiicient strength towithstand the strains to which they will be subjected and may be of anyrequired size or strength.

The device may be readily adapted for detaching various forms and sizesof objects from holding-bodies by making immaterial modifications in theparts, but without departing from the principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. In animplement of the class described, a tubular stock, a plunger movablydisposed Within said stock and having a socket in one end for engagingthe object to be detached, and means for forcibly Withdrawing saidplunger into said stock.

2. In an implement of the class described, a tubular stock, a plungermovably disposed Within said stock and having a socket in one end forengaging the object to be detached, a spring operating to maintain saidplunger in projected position, and means for forcibly Withdrawing saidplunger into said stock.

3. In an implement of the class described, a tubular stock having atransverse recess through one end, a plunger disposed for movement insaid tubular stock and provided With a laterally-extending foot portionprojecting through said recess, said foot portion having a socket forengaging the object to be detached, and means for forcibly moving saidplunger and its foot member longitudinally of said tubular stock.

4. In an implement of the class described, a tubular stock, a plungermovably disposed within said stock and having a socket in one end forengaging the object to be detached, said socket being formed Withconverging undercut sides, and means for forcibly moving said plungerlongitudinally of said tubular stock.

5. In an implement of the class described, a tubular stock having atransverse recess through one end, and With an annular collar disposedintermediately thereon, a plunger movable in said tubular stock andprovided With a lateral foot extending through said recess, said footportion having a socket for engaging the object to be detached, a springoperating to maintain said plunger in projected position, levers pivotedin said collar and engaging said plunger Within said tubular stock, andmeans for operating said levers.

6. In an implement of the class described, a tubular stock, a plungermovably disposed Within said stock and having a socket in one end forengaging the object to be detached, levers pivoted upon said stock andengaging said plunger, a guide-rod slidably disposed Within said stock,and links connecting said guide-rod and the free ends of said levers.

7. In an implement of the class described, a tubular stock, a plungermovably disposed Within said stock and having a socket in one end forengaging the object to be detached, levers pivoted upon said stock andengaging said plunger, a spring operating to maintain said plunger inprojected position, a guiderod slidably disposed Within said stock, andlinks connecting said guide-rod and the free ends of said levers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

AUGUSTIN ELLIS.

Witnesses:

M. A. RAINBELT, E. S. FERGUSON.

